page_title: Big Mountain (Pennsylvania)
hierarchical_section_title: Big Mountain (Pennsylvania)
caption_attribution_description: English: Big Mountain summit on Tuscarora Mountain. by: Joe Calzarette
context_page_description: Big Mountain is the high point on the Tuscarora Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. The 2,458-foot summit is located in the Buchanan State Forest and offers an viewshed that is one of the more stunning in the Commonwealth.
  Tuscarora Formation quartzite of the Silurian Age underlies the summit; it is this weather resistant rock which gives Big Mountain its high prominence.
  Big Mountain and the rest of the Tuscarora Ridge has abundant wildlife. Black bear, white-tailed deer, a variety of bird species and its most notorious resident the timber rattlesnake can be found while hiking on the ridge.
  The Tuscarora Trail passes along the ridge and over the summit, the nearby Cowans Gap State Park offers a variety of campsites, swimming, boating and hiking trails centered on a 42-acre lake.
context_section_description: Big Mountain is the high point on the Tuscarora Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States.  The 2,458-foot (749 m) summit is located in the Buchanan State Forest and offers an viewshed that is one of the more stunning in the Commonwealth.
  Tuscarora Formation quartzite of the Silurian Age underlies the summit; it is this weather resistant rock which gives Big Mountain its high prominence.
  Big Mountain and the rest of the Tuscarora Ridge has abundant wildlife.  Black bear, white-tailed deer, a variety of bird species and its most notorious resident the timber rattlesnake can be found while hiking on the ridge.
  The Tuscarora Trail passes along the ridge and over the summit, the nearby Cowans Gap State Park offers a variety of campsites, swimming, boating and hiking trails centered on a 42-acre (17 ha) lake.
caption: Big Mountain
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